Timeline of violent events relating to the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon (2014–present)

From its inception, the Syrian Civil War has produced and inspired a great deal of strife and unrest in the nation of Lebanon. Prior to the Battle of Arsal in August 2014, the Lebanese Army has tried to keep out of it and the violence has been mostly between various factions within the country and overt Syrian involvement has been limited to airstrikes and occasional accidental incursions. Since then, the Lebanese armed forces have taken a major part in the frey within Lebanon, and there have been jihadist attempts at invasion which have been repulsed by both the Army and Hezbullah.

August 2014 battle of Arsal

Main article: Battle of Arsal

2 August: the Lebanese Army clashed with Syrian gunmen in the town of Arsal, which left over a hundred fighters on both sides dead,[1] starting a new phase of the tragedy.

September 2014

19 September: an explosion in Arsal killed 2 Lebanese soldiers and wounded 3 others.[2]

20 September: a car bomb targeted a Hezbollah checkpoint in eastern Lebanon.[3]

23 September: a Lebanese soldier was killed and 2 others wounded by gunmen near Tripoli.[4]

24 September: the Lebanese army raided a number of Syrian refugee camps near Arsal, arresting over 200 people, protests ensued the next day in that belliegared town.[5]

October 2014

5 October: clashes in eastern Lebanon killed 14 Syrian rebels and 3 Hezbollah fighters. Some sources said Hezbollah lost 8 fighters.[6][7][8]

10 October: Syrian troops wound a Lebanese man on the Lebanese side of the border.[9]

17 October: a Lebanese soldier was killed and others wounded in northern Lebanon. Later the Lebanese army arrested more than 40 Syrians.[10]

23 October: the Lebanese army killed 3 militants and arrested a suspected terrorist in northern Lebanon. [11] The following day, 16 people including 7 Lebanese soldiers were wounded when gunmen attacked the Lebanese army in Tripoli.[12]

25 October: two Lebanese soldiers were killed and a number of gunmen wounded in northern Lebanon.[13] As of 25 October, the death toll has risen to 6 Lebanese soldiers and 2 civilians.[14]

26 October: 4 other soldiers and 5 civilians were believed to be killed.[15] At least 20 militants were killed and 150 people were injured.[16]

November 2014

14 November: 3 soldiers were wounded by a bomb in Arsal.[17]

December 2014

2 December: 6 soldiers were killed in an ambush in northeast Lebanon.[18]

3 December: a Lebanese soldier was killed and 2 others wounded in an explosion in Arsal.[19]

January 2015

10 January: nine people were killed and more than 30 wounded in a Jabal Mohsen café when two suicide bombers from the area of Tripoli blew themselves up. It was the first suicide attack on a civilian neighbourhood in nearly a year, following a security sweep.[20]

23 January: 5 Lebanese soldiers were killed and 16 others wounded in clashes with ISIS fighters near the Syrian border.[21]

November 2015

Main article: 2015 Beirut bombings

March 2016

10 March: Lebanese army clash with militants, left 8 Jihadists and 1 soldier dead.[22]

In 24 of March, one soldier killed by a bombing in northern Lebanon. No group claimed responsibility.[23]

March 27-28: 18 militants from Jabhat al-Nusra and 14 militants from ISIL killed in clashes between the two groups in the northern Bekaa valley region which began on March 27 as Nusra tried to regain some positions it had lost to the ISIL. 6 more Nusra militants were taken prisoner.[24]

April 2016

April 12: A car bomb exploded on Tuesday in Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon, killing at least one person identified as a Palestinian official, a security source said. The source said the blast killed Fathi Zeidan, who headed the Fatah movement in the Miye Miye Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon.[25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Army Retakes Posts in Arsal, Says 10 Troops Killed as 'Humanitarian Truce' Reportedly Reached — Naharnet". Naharnet.com. 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  2. ↑ "Two Lebanese soldiers killed in Arsal blast". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "National News Agency - Car explosion at Hezbollah checkpoint between Ham and Khraibeh". National News Agency. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Soldier shot dead, 2 wounded in north Lebanon". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Lebanese army conducts unprecedented Arsal raid". 25 September 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Fierce fighting kills 17 in east Lebanon". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Calm returns to border after Hezbollah-Nusra fighting killed 22". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Hezbollah under fire". 7 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Syrian gunfire wounds Lebanese man on northern border". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Soldier killed in north Lebanon bus attack, 44 detained". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Clashes erupt between Army, gunmen in Tripoli". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  12. ↑ http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/25/Fresh-violence-rocks-Lebanon-s-Tripoli.html
  13. ↑ "Army pounds militant hideouts in north Lebanon". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Lebanon army fights gunmen in Tripoli, six soldiers killed". Reuters. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "Fighting shakes Lebanon's north as army battles Islamists for third day". Reuters. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Army arrests 83 in north Lebanon hunt for militants". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "Explosion Targets Army Patrol in Arsal as Nusra Front Points Finger Hizbullah". Naharnet. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Militant ambush kills 6 soldiers in northeast Lebanon". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "Lebanese Army expert killed as he examines bomb near Arsal". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "North Lebanon suicide attack kills nine". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "5 soldiers dead in Lebanon border battle with jihadis". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  22. ↑ https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/03/10/Nine-dead-as-Lebanese-army-clashes-with-militants.html
  23. ↑ https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/03/24/Bomb-blast-kills-soldier-in-north-Lebanon-report-.html
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  25. ↑ https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2016/04/12/Car-bomb-in-Lebanon-s-Sidon-kills-Palestinian-official-.html
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